Its high standards and remarkable international reputation are reflected in its Advisory Board, which includes Crafoord Prize winner Adam Dziewonski, Mark Berdichevsky, Randy Keller, James Rice, Roman Teisseyre, Vijay Singh and other world-renowned geophysicists.

Acta Geophysica is a continuation of Acta Geophysica Polonica, which was founded in 1952 as a joint undertaking of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland and the Committee of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences.